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Name	Qing Cai
Contact Information	qcai@psy.ecnu.edu.cn
Language ability	English, Chinese, French
Province	Shanghai

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Name

Qing Cai

Contact Information

qcai@psy.ecnu.edu.cn

Language ability

English, Chinese, French

Province

Shanghai

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	East China Normal University
Faculty	Psychology and Cognitive Science
Academic Background & Achievements	1998 – 2002 Bachelor's in Biotechnology: Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2004 – 2005 Master's in Cognitive Science: Université Lumière Lyon 2 2005 – 2009 PhD in Cognitive Science: Université Lumière Lyon 2
Work Experience	2021 – Present - East China Normal University - Director of Children's Brain Imaging Center 2019 – Present - Institute of Brain and Education Innovation, ECNU - Professor/Deputy Director of Research 2017 – Present - School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, ECNU - Professor/Zijiang Young Scholar 2014 – Present - NYU Shanghai-ECNU Institute of Brain and Cognitive Science - Research Member 2012 – 2017 - School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, ECNU - Associate Professor 2011 – 2012 - French National Institute of Health and Medical Research - Postdoctoral Researcher 2009 – 2011 - Ghent University, Belgium - Postdoctoral Researcher

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

East China Normal University

Faculty

Psychology and Cognitive Science

Academic Background & Achievements

1998 – 2002 Bachelor's in Biotechnology: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2004 – 2005 Master's in Cognitive Science: Université Lumière Lyon 2
2005 – 2009 PhD in Cognitive Science: Université Lumière Lyon 2

Work Experience

2021 – Present - East China Normal University - Director of Children's Brain Imaging Center
2019 – Present - Institute of Brain and Education Innovation, ECNU - Professor/Deputy Director of Research
2017 – Present - School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, ECNU - Professor/Zijiang Young Scholar
2014 – Present - NYU Shanghai-ECNU Institute of Brain and Cognitive Science - Research Member
2012 – 2017 - School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, ECNU - Associate Professor
2011 – 2012 - French National Institute of Health and Medical Research - Postdoctoral Researcher
2009 – 2011 - Ghent University, Belgium - Postdoctoral Researcher

Areas of Focus	Language and Cognitive Development Language Acquisition and Individual Differences Semantic Processing: Cognitive Neuroscience X Artificial Intelligence (NLP) Mechanisms of Language Lateralization
Publications	Grammar represents meanings by language-specific neural spatial patterns and language-general similarity patterns, Wang, J., Lin, H., Cai, Q., 2023 Neural signatures of second language proficiency in narrative processing, Zhang, R., Wang, J., Lin, H., Turk-Browne, N.B., Cai, Q., 2023 CCLOOW: Chinese children’s lexicon of oral words, Li, L., Zhao, W. T., Song, M., Wang, J., Cai, Q., 2023 Neural mechanisms of musical syntax and tonality, and the effect of musicianship, Jiang, L., Zhang, R., Tao, L., Zhang, Y., Zhou, Y., Cai, Q., 2023 CCLOWW: A grade-level Chinese children’s lexicon of written words, Li, L., Yang, Y., Song, M., Fang, S., Zhang, M., Chen, Q., Cai, Q., 2023 The effects of aging and perceived loneliness on lexical ambiguity resolution, Zhou, N., Huang, C.M., Cai, Q., Tzeng, O.J.L, Huang, H.W., 2022 How characters are learned leaves its mark on the neural substrates of Chinese reading, Feng, J., Mak, H.Y., Wang, J., & Cai, Q., 2022 Bilingualism and domain-general cognitive functions from a neural perspective: A systematic review, Tao, L., Wang, G., Zhu, M., & Cai, Q., 2021 Effects of Cumulative Language Exposure on Heritage and Majority Language Skills: Spanish and Mandarin Heritage Speakers in the USA, Tao, L., Cai, Q. and Gollan, T., 2021 The neural mechanism of spatial-positional association in working memory: A fMRI study, Zhou, D., Cai, Q., Luo, J., Yi, Z., Li, Y., Seger, C.A., Chen, Q., 2021 Dissociable plasticity of visual-motor system in functional specialization and flexibility in expert table tennis players, Yin, D., Wang, X., Zhang, X., Yu, Q., Wei, Y., Cai, Q., Fan, M., Li, L., 2021 Cognitive control and emotional response in attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder comorbidity with disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders, Zhu, Y., Liu, L., Yang, D., Ji, H., Huang, T., Xue, L., Jiang, X., Li, K., Tao, L., Cai, Q., Fang, Y., 2021 How do we segment text? Two-stage chunking operation in reading, Yang, J., Cai, Q., Tian, X., 2020 Neural substrates of Chinese lexical production: The role of domain-general cognitive functions, Tao, L., Zhu, M., Cai, Q., 2020 Lateralization in the dichotic listening of tones is influenced by the content of speech, Mei, N., Flinker, A., Zhu, M., Cai, Q., Tian, X., 2020 Constraint Structure of Ancient Chinese Poetry Facilitates Speech Content Grouping, Teng, X., Ma, M., Yang, J., Blohm, S., Cai, Q., Tian, X., 2020 Functional status of hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axes in hospitalized schizophrenics in Shanghai, Zhu, Y., Ji, H., Tao, L., Cai, Q., Wang, F., Ji, W., Li, G., Fang, Y., 2020 Lateralization of Language, Van der Haegen, L., Cai, Q., 2019 Effects of Cumulative Language Exposure on Heritage and Majority Language Skills: Spanish and Mandarin Heritage Speakers in the USA, Tao, L., Cai, Q. and Gollan, T., 2019 New Perspectives on the Aging Lexicon, Wulff, D.U., De Deyne, S., Jones, M.N., Mata, R., Austerweil, J.L., Baayen, R.H., Balota, D.A., Baronchelli, A., Brysbaert, M., Cai, Q., Dennis, S., Hills, T.T., Kenett, Y.N., Keuleers, E., Marelli, M., Pakhomov, S.V., Ramscar, M., Schooler, L.J., Shing, Y.L., da Souza, A.S., Siew, C.S.Q., Storms, G., Veríssimo, J., 2019 Brain functional organization associated with language lateralization, Wang, S., Van der Haegen, L., Tao, L., Cai, Q., 2019 Effects of early home language environment II: speech comprehension and cognitive functions, Tao, L., Cai, Q., 2018 Inter-brain synchrony and cooperation context in interactive decision making, Hu, Y., Pan, Y., Shi, X., Cai, Q., Li, X., Cheng, X., 2018 Paracingulate Sulcus Asymmetry in the Human Brain: Effects of Sex, Handedness, and Race, Wei, X., Yin, Y., Rong, M., Zhang, J., Wang, L., Wu, Y., Cai, Q., Yu, C., Wang, J., Jiang T., 2017 Laterality and unilateral deafness: Patients with congenital right ear deafness do not develop atypical language dominance, Van der Haegen, L., Acke, F., Vingerhoets, G., Dhooge, I., De Leenheer, E., Cai, Q., Brysbaert, M., 2016 New human-specific brain landmark: The depth asymmetry of superior temporal sulcus, Leroy, F., Cai, Q., Bogart, S., Dubois, J., Coulon, O., Monzalvo, K., Fischer, C., Glasel, H., Van der Haegen, L., Benezit, A., Lin, C.P., Kennedy, D., Ihara, A.S., Hertz-Pannier, L., Moutard, M.L., Poupon, C., Brysbaert, M., Roberts, N., Hopkins, W., Mangin, J.F., Dehaene-Lambertz, G., 2015 What can atypical language hemispheric specialization tell us about cognitive functions?, Cai, Q., and Van der Haegen, L., 2015 Interhemispheric communication influences reading behavior, Van der Haegen, L., Cai, Q., Stevens, M.A., and Brysbaert, M., 2013 A surface-based analysis of language lateralization and cortical asymmetry, Greve, D.N., Van der Haegen, L., Cai, Q., Stufflebeam, S., Sabuncu, M.R., Fischl, B., and Brysbaert, M., 2013 Complementary hemispheric specialization for language production and visuospatial attention, Cai, Q., Van der Haegen , L., and Brysbaert, M., 2013 Praxis and language are linked: Evidence from co-lateralization in individuals with atypical language dominance, Vingerhoets, G., Alderweireldt, A.S., Vandemaele, P., Cai, Q., Van der Haegen, L., Brysbaert, M., and Achten, E., 2013 Colateralization of Broca’s area and the visual word form area in left-handers: fMRI evidence, Van der Haegen , L., Cai, Q., and Brysbaert, M., 2012 Brain asymmetry and visual word recognition: Do we have a split fovea?, Brysbaert, M., Cai, Q., and Van der Haegen, L., 2012 Further fMRI validation of the visual half field technique as an indicator of language laterality: A large-group analysis, Van der Haegen, L., Cai, Q., Seurinck, R., and Brysbaert, M., 2011 SUBTLEX-CH: Chinese word and character frequencies based on film subtitles, Cai, Q., and Brysbaert, M., 2010 The left ventral occipito-temporal response to words depends on language lateralization but not on visual familiarity, Cai, Q., Paulignan, Y., Brysbaert, M., Ibarrola, D., and Nazir, T.A., 2010 Early involvement of dorsal and ventral pathways in visual word recognition: An ERP study, Rosazza, C

Areas of Focus

Language and Cognitive Development
Language Acquisition and Individual Differences
Semantic Processing: Cognitive Neuroscience X Artificial Intelligence (NLP)
Mechanisms of Language Lateralization

Publications

Grammar represents meanings by language-specific neural spatial patterns and language-general similarity patterns, Wang, J., Lin, H., Cai, Q., 2023
Neural signatures of second language proficiency in narrative processing, Zhang, R., Wang, J., Lin, H., Turk-Browne, N.B., Cai, Q., 2023
CCLOOW: Chinese children’s lexicon of oral words, Li, L., Zhao, W. T., Song, M., Wang, J., Cai, Q., 2023
Neural mechanisms of musical syntax and tonality, and the effect of musicianship, Jiang, L., Zhang, R., Tao, L., Zhang, Y., Zhou, Y., Cai, Q., 2023
CCLOWW: A grade-level Chinese children’s lexicon of written words, Li, L., Yang, Y., Song, M., Fang, S., Zhang, M., Chen, Q., Cai, Q., 2023
The effects of aging and perceived loneliness on lexical ambiguity resolution, Zhou, N., Huang, C.M., Cai, Q., Tzeng, O.J.L, Huang, H.W., 2022
How characters are learned leaves its mark on the neural substrates of Chinese reading, Feng, J., Mak, H.Y., Wang, J., & Cai, Q., 2022
Bilingualism and domain-general cognitive functions from a neural perspective: A systematic review, Tao, L., Wang, G., Zhu, M., & Cai, Q., 2021
Effects of Cumulative Language Exposure on Heritage and Majority Language Skills: Spanish and Mandarin Heritage Speakers in the USA, Tao, L., Cai, Q. and Gollan, T., 2021
The neural mechanism of spatial-positional association in working memory: A fMRI study, Zhou, D., Cai, Q., Luo, J., Yi, Z., Li, Y., Seger, C.A., Chen, Q., 2021
Dissociable plasticity of visual-motor system in functional specialization and flexibility in expert table tennis players, Yin, D., Wang, X., Zhang, X., Yu, Q., Wei, Y., Cai, Q., Fan, M., Li, L., 2021
Cognitive control and emotional response in attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder comorbidity with disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders, Zhu, Y., Liu, L., Yang, D., Ji, H., Huang, T., Xue, L., Jiang, X., Li, K., Tao, L., Cai, Q., Fang, Y., 2021
How do we segment text? Two-stage chunking operation in reading, Yang, J., Cai, Q., Tian, X., 2020
Neural substrates of Chinese lexical production: The role of domain-general cognitive functions, Tao, L., Zhu, M., Cai, Q., 2020
Lateralization in the dichotic listening of tones is influenced by the content of speech, Mei, N., Flinker, A., Zhu, M., Cai, Q., Tian, X., 2020
Constraint Structure of Ancient Chinese Poetry Facilitates Speech Content Grouping, Teng, X., Ma, M., Yang, J., Blohm, S., Cai, Q., Tian, X., 2020
Functional status of hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axes in hospitalized schizophrenics in Shanghai, Zhu, Y., Ji, H., Tao, L., Cai, Q., Wang, F., Ji, W., Li, G., Fang, Y., 2020
Lateralization of Language, Van der Haegen, L., Cai, Q., 2019
Effects of Cumulative Language Exposure on Heritage and Majority Language Skills: Spanish and Mandarin Heritage Speakers in the USA, Tao, L., Cai, Q. and Gollan, T., 2019
New Perspectives on the Aging Lexicon, Wulff, D.U., De Deyne, S., Jones, M.N., Mata, R., Austerweil, J.L., Baayen, R.H., Balota, D.A., Baronchelli, A., Brysbaert, M., Cai, Q., Dennis, S., Hills, T.T., Kenett, Y.N., Keuleers, E., Marelli, M., Pakhomov, S.V., Ramscar, M., Schooler, L.J., Shing, Y.L., da Souza, A.S., Siew, C.S.Q., Storms, G., Veríssimo, J., 2019
Brain functional organization associated with language lateralization, Wang, S., Van der Haegen, L., Tao, L., Cai, Q., 2019
Effects of early home language environment II: speech comprehension and cognitive functions, Tao, L., Cai, Q., 2018
Inter-brain synchrony and cooperation context in interactive decision making, Hu, Y., Pan, Y., Shi, X., Cai, Q., Li, X., Cheng, X., 2018
Paracingulate Sulcus Asymmetry in the Human Brain: Effects of Sex, Handedness, and Race, Wei, X., Yin, Y., Rong, M., Zhang, J., Wang, L., Wu, Y., Cai, Q., Yu, C., Wang, J., Jiang T., 2017
Laterality and unilateral deafness: Patients with congenital right ear deafness do not develop atypical language dominance, Van der Haegen, L., Acke, F., Vingerhoets, G., Dhooge, I., De Leenheer, E., Cai, Q., Brysbaert, M., 2016
New human-specific brain landmark: The depth asymmetry of superior temporal sulcus, Leroy, F., Cai, Q., Bogart, S., Dubois, J., Coulon, O., Monzalvo, K., Fischer, C., Glasel, H., Van der Haegen, L., Benezit, A., Lin, C.P., Kennedy, D., Ihara, A.S., Hertz-Pannier, L., Moutard, M.L., Poupon, C., Brysbaert, M., Roberts, N., Hopkins, W., Mangin, J.F., Dehaene-Lambertz, G., 2015
What can atypical language hemispheric specialization tell us about cognitive functions?, Cai, Q., and Van der Haegen, L., 2015
Interhemispheric communication influences reading behavior, Van der Haegen, L., Cai, Q., Stevens, M.A., and Brysbaert, M., 2013
A surface-based analysis of language lateralization and cortical asymmetry, Greve, D.N., Van der Haegen, L., Cai, Q., Stufflebeam, S., Sabuncu, M.R., Fischl, B., and Brysbaert, M., 2013
Complementary hemispheric specialization for language production and visuospatial attention, Cai, Q., Van der Haegen , L., and Brysbaert, M., 2013
Praxis and language are linked: Evidence from co-lateralization in individuals with atypical language dominance, Vingerhoets, G., Alderweireldt, A.S., Vandemaele, P., Cai, Q., Van der Haegen, L., Brysbaert, M., and Achten, E., 2013
Colateralization of Broca’s area and the visual word form area in left-handers: fMRI evidence, Van der Haegen , L., Cai, Q., and Brysbaert, M., 2012
Brain asymmetry and visual word recognition: Do we have a split fovea?, Brysbaert, M., Cai, Q., and Van der Haegen, L., 2012
Further fMRI validation of the visual half field technique as an indicator of language laterality: A large-group analysis, Van der Haegen, L., Cai, Q., Seurinck, R., and Brysbaert, M., 2011
SUBTLEX-CH: Chinese word and character frequencies based on film subtitles, Cai, Q., and Brysbaert, M., 2010
The left ventral occipito-temporal response to words depends on language lateralization but not on visual familiarity, Cai, Q., Paulignan, Y., Brysbaert, M., Ibarrola, D., and Nazir, T.A., 2010
Early involvement of dorsal and ventral pathways in visual word recognition: An ERP study, Rosazza, C

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